So this in one of those posts where I KNOW I should be doing my homework but I can’t seem to get Birds and Beards off my mind, and have spent almost an hour looking into it.

If you are confused it is expected… but Chuck is probably giggling right now because I bring this up on a regular basis. So I have this crackpot theory that needs further investigation but goes something like this. Men with beards seem to like birds. Now, the reason it needs further investigation is that this could be a Chicken vs the egg thing… that is to say I don’t know if love of birds causes the desire to grow a beard, or if having a beard fosters love of birds.

But lets just allow the evidence to speak for itself.

EXHIBIT A: Vincent Van Gogh

This is a painting of nests that he did, and he also has one of crows flying.

EXHIBIT B: Iron and Wine Lead Singer Sam Beam

As is true with many bearded musicians he often sings about birds. For example his songs… Flightless bird, American Mouth

Bird Stealing Bread

Boy with a Coin (talks about a girl with a bird)

Two Hungry Blackbirds

Exhibit C: Peter Griffin from Family Guy…

I only included this because I feel like although it is a cartoon… it depicts a clue in the puzzle.

EXHIBIT D: Aubrey De Grey (longevity specialist)

My argument for this is pretty weak, but I watched him give a speech when he accepted his TED award and he was wearing a T-shirt with a bird on it.

EXHIBIT E: Unknown artist in front of bird he painted.

I should google his name… nope… I have spent enough time on this already today!!!

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I am a mommy of four little ones. Two girls (5 and 3) and two boys (3 years and 5 months) This only consumes about 95% of my life. I try to squeeze as much as I can into the other 5%. I am a stay at home mom with dreams of owning a hobby farm with my husband and recreating the garden of Eden in my backyard. I crochet , keep bees and spend time with my hubby, cook, read and of course do a little writing.

5 Responses to Birds and Beards

May I be the first to offer a possible insight into this phenomenon. "Correlation does not imply causality." That is to say because A and B are correlated in some way doesn't mean A causes B, or B causes A (or in this case beard causes love of birds or love of birds causes beard).There may a third, unidentified variable to discover that could be the underlying cause of this. My guess: LOVE OF NATURE. Love of nature, or the natural way of things, could be causing love of birds and love of letting nature take it's course on one's face.Bottom line: I love beards and birds, probably because I love nature.P.S. I should have been suspicious when you took that picture and told it was for "research purposes."

Ha! that's my kind of post. maybe it's 'cause beards kinda look like birds' nests. it's psychological. they grow a beard and they feel like they fit-in in that world, right? psychological connectedness. hahahahaanyway, that's my comment so that you can stalk me back to our blog (;